Toronto the Good is back and ushering in a new season at a new venue! Toronto the Good is an annual party presented by ERA Architects (and friends) to celebrate the city of Toronto, and contemplate its history and evolution with fellow architects, designers, and urban-minded people.

For this instalment of our annual party we are supporting the initiatives of the Tower Renewal Partnership, a non-profit initiative working to preserve and enhance mid-century apartment tower neighbourhoods through research, advocacy and demonstration. International experts and local city-builders will be meeting at a symposium during the day to explore innovative strategies for transitioning these aging apartment tower neighbourhoods to meet the demands of our 21st century cities. Now is the time for coordinated action to build a future around more complete, resilient, and affordable cities. Tower Renewal is a strategy for realizing this change.

We hope you will join us at the Evergreen Brick Works on October 5th, 2017, in celebration of the Tower Renewal Partnership’s accomplishments at this year’s event. Join us for hors d’ourves, cash bar, and a lively crowd of people passionate about design and civic engagement in Toronto.

Join us at 5:30pm for a keynote by author and journalist Doug Saunders.

Friday May 6 2016, 9am-5pmHeritage and Democracy: Bringing Heritage out of History and into the City
$12 STUDENTS $15 MEMBERS $20 GENERALAll Jane’s Walks are free and open to the public

Heritage and Democracy:Bringing Heritage out of History and into the City is a one-day workshop presented by ICOMOS Canada – the Canadian committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites that explores tactical heritage urbanism in the Canadian context through a series of specially curated Jane’s Walks and a daylong workshop.

Participants will choose one morning walk and one afternoon walk to broaden the discourse + dialogue around tangible and intangible heritage assets and cultural landscapes; includes lunch and a stimulating workshop (registration required) at Ryerson University, 105 Bond Street.

“Red skies in the morning: Threats to cultural landscapes in Canada posed by a changing environment” Dr. Colleen S.L. Mercer Clarke will present a lecture on how cultural landscapes are threatened by the impacts of climate change, including protective measure whose impacts have not been well-considered, followed by a representative from Parks Canada to continue the conversation with a talk on “Rouge National Urban Park: Constancy of Landscape Change”.

Toronto the Good is a party thrown each year by ERA Architects (and friends) to celebrate Toronto and contemplate its history and evolution with fellow architects, designers, thinkers, and urban-minded people.

This year we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of Jane’s Walk – a festival of free, citizen-led walking tours inspired by Jane Jacobs – on the 100th anniversary of Jane Jacobs’ birthday.

The following day ERA, in partnership with the Canadian National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and Ryerson University’s School of Urban and Regional Planning, will lead the Heritage and Democracy: Bringing Heritage out of History and into the City symposium. The morning will begin with a Jane’s Walk (specially curated for the event) and continue with a set of workshops discussing tactical heritage urbanism. (REGISTER HERE THROUGH EVENTBRITE).

Join us for free hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, and a lively crowd of people passionate about design and civic engagement in Toronto. Admission is free but registration is required.

The Toronto the Good 2015 eleventh annual public party was a huge success. Hundreds of people attended and there was great music, dancing, free hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, and a lively crowd of people passionate about design and democracy in Toronto.

ERA has been privileged to host and co-host this party over the years, each year based on a different theme. Last year was centred on the past Toronto municipal election and was co-hosted by Dave Meslin and RaBIT, who have been leading voices advocating for the fascinating idea of ranked ballot municipal voting in Toronto.

This year Toronto the Good, in partnership with The Cultural Landscape Foundation, presented the Second Wave of Modernism III: Leading with Landscape conference. This Second Wave of Modernism conference, the third instalment and largest to date, hosted innovative thinkers in the field of landscape architecture to tackle issues such as ‘what does it mean for a 21st-century city to be historic and modern at the same time? – and stewardship – what new models for public/private financing and management are emerging?’

Toronto the Good is a party thrown each year by ERA Architects (and friends) to celebrate Toronto and contemplate its history and evolution with fellow architects, designers, thinkers, and urban-minded people.

This year Toronto the Good, in partnership with the The Cultural Landscape Foundation, will lead the Second Wave of Modernism III: Leading with Landscape conference.

Join us for free hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, and a lively crowd of people passionate about design and democracy in Toronto. Admission is free but registration is required.

This year’s event will also include a silent auction featuring this scenic photograph taken by the talented artist, Robert Burley.